Along with our New Parks Councillors, I supported the local campaign to stop the new One-Stop Shop on the site of the former Rocket Pub selling alcohol from 6am. The Council has now refused the early morning alcohol licence. We will be holding a follow up meeting with the manager of the shop, police and local residents to ensure tough action is taken to deal with any anti-social behaviour in the area.

A £500,000 road safety scheme has begun in New Parks which will see speed humps installed, new bus stops put up, road islands built to improve safety for pedestrians and a 20mph limit near Inglehurst School.

I’m delighted that Serina Leeanne has won the TalkTalk Digital Heros East Midlands award.

Serina is a true community hero in New Parks through her work running the New Parks Community Boxing Gym, and the website she has set up to help bring the community together, which is the project that she won the TalkTalk award for.

Voted top in the East Midlands in a public vote, Serina secured a prize of £5000 that will be used to support and develop the website to provide an online hub of information and news for the New Parks area.

Last month I helped launch Leicester’s Football Investment Programme which is investing £11.6 million to improve facilities for grassroots football across the city.

I joined Steve Walsh, Muzzy Izzet, the Lord Mayor, Cllr Rob Wann and others at New College which has already used money from the programme to transform its facilities.

They’ve got a new full-size floodlit all-weather pitch, a floodlit grass pitch, six changing rooms, two referees’ rooms, a club room, reception area and kitchen. These facilities will be used by local teams, Allexton & New Parks FC and also be available to the local community.